Nigel Farage Beats Count Binface to Win Back Parliament Seat

After resigning his seat as a member of parliament in July over an undisclosed $6.7 million gift from a Thailand-based crypto billionaire, Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage won his re-election campaign, beating out a slew of wacky candidates, like comic Count Binface.

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Nigel Farage regained his U.K. Parliament seat, beating comedian candidate Count Binface in a farcical special election. BBC News' Joe Pike reports.

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State of the Union: The conservative populist had quit his seat amid an investigation into an undeclared donation.

Farage abruptly quit his seat in July amid an investigation into whether he failed to report a five million pound gift from an overseas crypto billionaire.

Nigel Farage, the leader of Britain’s Reform UK Party, regained his seat in Parliament on Thursday, following a special election full of fringe candidates. Farage, an ally of President Trump, came out ahead with 63 percent of the vote, according to The Associated Press. Count Binface was in second place with 27 percent

Nigel Farage Beats Count Binface To Win Back Seat In Parliament In Widely Mocked Election  huffpost.com

UK right wing politician Nigel Farage has won a bizarre by-election battle in his seat of Clacton, caused by his own resignation.

UK right wing politician Nigel Farage has won a bizarre by-election battle in his seat of Clacton, caused by his own resignation.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage won his election to stay on as the member of Parliament for Clacton-on-Sea, walking away with victory from a race where his only competition was a trashcan-wearing space alien. Farage handily won the coastal town’s election with 63% of the vote compared to just 27% for Binface. Neither the

Only two of the 34 candidates secured enough votes to take back their deposit

The people of Clacton have spoken. Well, 44% of them have, with the majority of eligible voters staying at home rather than cast their ballot in the byelection. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, the winning candidate, also stayed away – snubbing the count at Clacton leisure centre after claiming police had warned him of a

Nigel Farage beat trash-can wearing comic candidate Count Binface to regain the seat in Parliament he quit a month ago to trigger the widely mocked special election.

What next for Nigel Farage after beating Count Binface to become MP once more? Imran Mulla on Fri, 08/14/2026 - 09:51 The Reform leader's victory rings hollow, and his political future still hangs in the balance Reform UK leader Nigel Farage poses with a pint at The Ship pub after casting

Nigel Farage shuns by-election results as Count Binface wins quarter of votes  thenationalnews.com

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage won his self-triggered by-election in southern England on Friday, but saw his strategy to silence critics backfire when his main rival, Count Binface, a comedian dressed as a trash can, took more than a quarter of the vote. In a highly unusual move, Farage, one of Britain’s leading Brexit

Nigel Farage secured 63% of the vote against Count Binface's 27%, in a contest that drew 34 candidates after major parties boycotted the race.

NIGEL Farage has retained his parliamentary seat after comfortably beating unlikely rival Count Binface in the Clacton by-election. However, the Reform UK leader didn't attend the official result on Friday morning after the 62-year-old reportedly heard rumours that “an organised campaign” planned to disrupt his victory

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage regained his parliamentary seat on Friday in an election he triggered to bolster his position against allegations of financial impropriety, a strategy that was undermined when his main challenger, a comedian dressed as a trash can, won more than a quarter of the vote.

Despite winning the Clacton-on-Sea by-election, Nigel Farage did not attend the vote count. The Reform UK leader won with 63% of the vote on a turnout of 44%. Farage will now return as the constituency’s MP The highly publicised by-election was triggered after scrutiny about Farage’s financial backing. He was up agains

Nigel Farage beat trash-can wearing comic candidate Count Binface on Friday, regaining a seat in Parliament he quit a month ago to trigger the widely mocked special election.

Commentary: Mr Farage failed to turn up to the election count which avoided embarassing photos with Count Binface

Mr Farage has won the by-election but did not attend the count over disputed claims of a threat against him

The Parliamentary Standards Commissioner, Daniel Greenberg, is likely to interview Farage within weeks

Probe into Nigel Farage's £5m gift from crypto billionaire is re-opened - just hours after he beat Count Binface in Clacton by-election  lbc.co.uk

Farage, one of Britain's leading Brexit campaigners, in a highly unusual move, did not turn up at the vote count in the southern English seaside resort of Clacton.

Nigel Farage has beaten trash-can wearing comic candidate Count Binface in a widely mocked special election

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage beats Count Binface in widely mocked British election  AP News

The Reform UK leader received 22,239 votes in the Clacton by-election, compared with 9,455 for Binface.

CLACTON-ON-SEA, England: Reform UK leader Nigel Farage regained his parliamentary seat on Friday (Aug 14) in an election he triggered to bolster his position against allegations of financial impropriety, a strategy that was undermined when his main challenger, a comedian dressed as a trash can, won more than a quarter

Major parties dismissed it as a stunt and declined to field candidates in the election demanded by Reform UK’s leader, who faces corruption accusations.

Essex police said they did not tell Farage not to attend the count.

British hard-right leader Nigel Farage won a snap UK election he triggered with 22,239 votes in Clacton on Friday, while his satirical opponent Count Binface exceeded expectations with 9,455 votes, according to results.

British hard-right leader Nigel Farage won a snap UK election he triggered with 22,239 votes in Clacton on Friday, while his satirical opponent Count Binface exceeded expectations with 9,455 votes, according to results.

However, his main rival Count Binface, a comedian dressed as a trash can, took more than a quarter of the vote.

Nigel Farage wins election in which his main rival was a trash can  CNN

Nigel Farage managed not to lose to a bin after his Clacton by-election 'stunt' turned into a humilating debacle but refused to attend the declaration - saying there was a plan to 'disrupt and degrade' the proceedings

Nigel Farage regains UK parliamentary seat, fights off Count Binface challenge  Reuters

Nigel Farage having a drink on election day yesterday (Picture: Victoria Jones/Shutterstock) Nigel Farage will return as MP for Clacton after sealing a convincing victory in yesterday’s by-election against Count Binface. The result means the Reform leader’s resignation gamble last month – triggering what he pitched as

NIGEL Farage has comfortably won the Clacton by-election ...

The votes are in to see who has been crowned the new Member of Parliament for Clacton Constituency. Will it be an intergalactic candidate who wears a bin on his head - or a man who talks utter trash?

Nigel Farage has won the Clacton by-election but did not go to the count because of what Reform UK said was a "credible threat" against him.

Vote counting has already begun and will continue through the night with a result expected by around 7:00 am local time on Friday.

Nigel Farage, leader of the anti-immigration party Reform UK, had hoped a special election Thursday for his Parliament seat would help quell awkward questions about his finances.

COUNT Binface claimed victory against Nigel Farage today after the polls opened in the Clacton by-election. The satirical candidate said getting re-elected as MP would not save the Reform UK leader from a Commons standards probe. In a post on X, the “galactic centrist” produced a flow chart also claiming victory over t

Nigel Farage, leader of the anti-immigration party Reform UK, had hoped a special election Thursday for his Parliament seat would help quell awkward questions about his finances.

Thousands head to the polls in Clacton as Nigel Farage contests by-election one month after resigning  GB News

Nigel Farage is about to fight the least challenging electoral test of his political career.